Ecosystem Directory

344 ecosystems
NameLife FormG-RankAreasHectares
Intermountain Mountain Sagebrush SteppeShrubGNR788978,835
Great Basin Big Sagebrush ShrublandShrubG3654162,051
Rocky Mountain Dry Subalpine Spruce-Fir ForestTreeGNR582735,896
Rocky Mountain Foothill ShrublandShrubG351936,318
Rocky Mountain Lodgepole Pine ForestTreeGNR415796,798
Rocky Mountain Aspen ForestTreeGNR388234,003
Rocky Mountain Cliff Canyon and Massive BedrockSparse337162,695
Rocky Mountain Subalpine MeadowHerbGNR331140,166
Rocky Mountain Foothill Streamside WoodlandTreeG33247,754
Rocky Mountain Wet Subalpine Spruce-Fir ForestTreeGNR322272,754
Southern Rockies Mixed Conifer ForestTreeGNR314124,617
Great Basin Pinyon-Juniper WoodlandTreeGNR306678,741
Intermountain Mountain Mahogany WoodlandTreeGNR287116,480
Great Basin Dry Sagebrush ShrublandShrubGNR261169,624
Southern Rockies Mixed Conifer ForestTreeGNR259398,632
California Mountain ChaparralShrubGNR241138,453
Southern Rockies Ponderosa Pine WoodlandTreeGNR241195,701
Intermountain Aspen and Conifer ForestTreeG4239113,387
Rocky Mountain Gambel Oak ShrublandShrubGNR239138,805
Northern Rockies Foothill ShrublandShrubGNR237138,138
Colorado Plateau Pinyon-Juniper WoodlandTreeGNR234317,710
Northern Rockies Subalpine Woodland and ParklandTreeGNR225301,716
Intermountain Semi-Desert GrasslandHerbG222216,944
Southern Rockies Mixed Conifer ForestTreeGNR22173,318
California Mixed Conifer ForestTreeGNR210186,065
California Mixed Conifer ForestTreeGNR20957,402
Central Rockies Douglas-fir ForestTreeGNR193594,191
Rocky Mountain Foothill Streamside WoodlandShrubG31922,857
Northern Rockies Subalpine GrasslandHerbGNR18728,890
Northern Rockies Subalpine GrasslandHerbGNR17685,549
Developed-RoadsDeveloped16812,754
Northern Rockies Foothill and Valley GrasslandHerbGNR16543,869
Intermountain Semi-Desert Shrub-SteppeShrubGNR16444,427
Southern Rockies Mixed Conifer ForestTreeGNR158193,256
Great Basin Subalpine Bristlecone Pine WoodlandTreeG415568,447
Northern Rockies Ponderosa Pine WoodlandTreeGNR15253,277
Appalachian Cove ForestTreeGNR14755,941
California Red Fir ForestTreeGNR14482,357
California ChaparralShrubGNR143196,731
California High Mountain MeadowHerbGNR14029,241
Great Basin Foothill Streamside WoodlandTreeG31381,162
Pacific Northwest Dry Silver Fir ForestTreeGNR13884,407
Pacific Northwest Dry Silver Fir ForestTreeGNR130179,219
Northern Rockies Subalpine ShrublandShrubGNR12987,297
Great Basin Big Sagebrush SteppeShrubGNR12336,458
Appalachian High Elevation Oak ForestTreeGNR12153,941
Sierra Nevada Cliff and CanyonSparse11936,959
Rocky Mountain Subalpine Streamside WoodlandTreeGNR11726,469
Columbia Plateau Steppe and GrasslandHerbG211524,558
Great Basin Foothill Streamside WoodlandShrubG31151,266